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METHOD OF EXTRAOTING OLEAGINOUS MATTER FROM ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE SUBSTANGESP WITNESSES: I INVBNTOR ATTORNEY N. PETERS. Mlo-Ullmgnpmr. wmh wn. ac.

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JOSEPH D. JONES, on BROOKLYN, NnwYoRK.

METHOD OF EXTRACTING OLEAGINOUS MATTER FROM ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 287,382, dated October 23, 1883.

Application filed January 26, 1883.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J osEPH D. J ONES, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kingsand State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Methods of Extracting Oleaginous Matter from Animal and Vegetable Substances, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the method of ex tracting oleaginous, fatty, and other matters from animal scrap, linseed, cotton-seed, and other like substances by the use of naphtha or other light hydrocarbon vapors, on which a patent was granted to me the 6th day of February, 1883, No. 271,859, for an improvement in purifying the solid residual matters and removing therefrom the naphtha vapors by the use of compressed air and a vacuum process; and the invention consists, in this case, of a method of utilizing the same, means for purifying the liquid matters extracted from said solid residual products and removing the naphtha vapors from them, as well by withdrawing the oil from the rendering'tank, in which it is extracted from the solid matters by the naphtha, into a separate still or retort, and there treating the'same with compressed air, and subsequently exhausting the air and exposing the oily matters in vacuum for more effectually removing the odors of the naphtha vapors and making the oil better and sweeter for use. The air is to be applied while the oil is heated and vaporized in the retort, and withdrawn when the oil is condensed all as hereinafter fully described, reference being made to the accompanying drawing, which is partly a side elevation and partly a sectional elevation of apparatus that may be used in carrying out my invention; but as it may be accomplished by different forms or arrangements ofapparatus, I do not limit myself to any particular arrangement.

a represents the tank in which the matters to be treated for the separation of the oily substances are to be placed, said tank being suitably constructed for inclosing the same, so as to be treated by the vapor of the naphtha or other volatile hydrocarbon generated in the vessel 6 by the heat of steam from the boiler c, circulating therethrough by the coil d, the naphtha vapors being delivered into the tank a by the pipe f.

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The tank a contains a heatingrcoil, g, as is usually employed in such apparatus, for heating the substances under treatment by steam from the boiler, preparatory to the application of the naphtha vapor, and there is a perforated bottom, h, over the coil for the support of the matters to be treated, through which the steam ascends to act on them. I now propose to draw off the oily matters eX- tracted in the rendering-tank a into a separrate retort, 1', containing a coil, 9', to be heated by steam from the boiler c, for heatlng and vaporizing said matters therein, and then to ing-tank or into the naphtha-tank for recovery of the naphtha contained in it by eondensa' tion. A

The condensed naphtha is to be withdrawn from the rendering-tank into the vessel n, or

other suitable receptacle, from which it may be returned to the vaporizing-tank I) again.

The pump it may also connect with the ren- The air may be exhausted into the renderdering-tank a, for supplying air thereto when required.

WVhat I claim, and desire to secure by Let-.

ters Patent, is'

In the process of extracting oils from vegetable and animal substances by treating them with naphtha vapors, theseparating of the oils from the solid matters by withdrawing them from the rendering-tank into a separate 1 retort or still, and separately treating them in a vaporized state with compressed air, then f withdrawing the air and exposing the oils in cacao when condensed, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

- JOSEPH D. JONES.

\Vitnesses:

EUGENE N. ELIOT, W. J. MORGAN. 

